🇯🇵 Takatsuki is a city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is located in the Northern Osaka's Hokusetsu region.
The city was founded on January 1, 1943, and is situated almost directly between Kyoto and Osaka. Owing to the convenience of being 13 and 15 minutes by train from these two cities respectively, the city prospered and has developed with increasing rapidity to become one of the biggest commuter towns in the area, serving both Kyoto and Osaka. Culturally, Takatsuki is renowned for its Imashirozuka Kofun (burial mound). Earthenware funerary objects (haniwa) discovered around this mound include figurines of warriors almost certainly placed with a protective purpose (The form of such a warrior was used as the design basis for the city's official mascot character, Hanitan). Takatsuki is also known for its Takatsuki Jazz Festival, held every year in Golden Week . This is a two-day extravaganza of live jazz featuring over 300 acts, involving over 3,000 artists, who perform in 72 different locations in and around the central business district.
Neighboring municipalities • Osaka Prefecture ◦ Shimamoto ◦ Hirakata ◦ Neyagawa ◦ Settsu ◦ Ibaraki • Kyoto Prefecture ◦ Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto ◦ Kameoka.
Points of interest • Settsu-kyo Valley Natural Park • Kosobe Conservatory (Kyoto University) • Kansai University Takatsuki campus, Takatsuki Muse campus • Osaka Medical College • Heian Jogakuin University Takatsuki campus • Hankyu • Matsuzakaya • Mizuho Bank • Imashirozuka kofun • Akutagawayama Castle • Takatsuki Catholic Church • Kosobebosai Park (古曽部防災公園), a public park in Takatsuki. • Ama ruins • Kyodai Seminar • Yaotomi • Green Plaza • Actamore • Muse Takatsuki.
Railways • West Japan Railway Company ◦ JR Kyoto Line: Settsu-Tonda Station – Takatsuki Station • Hankyu Railway ◦ Kyoto Line: Tonda Station – Takatsuki-shi Station – Kammaki Station.
Takatsuki-shi is served by two railway companies: JR (Japan Railway Company) and Hankyu. Many people prefer JR, owing to lower fares and slightly more frequent service. After an accident on the JR Fukuchiyama Line caused 108 casualties in 2005, there was an increase in Hankyu's passenger share but this has since been reversed. As Takatsuki is one of Osaka's larger suburban cities, almost every train stops there.
The Sakaisuji Line terminates at Takatsuki-shi Station, while some trains come from Kyoto-kawaramachi Station.
Buses Takatsuki has its own municipal bus network and private carriers, such as Keihan Bus and Hankyu Bus, also operate there.
Highways • National Route 170 • National Route 171.
Takatsuki has a population of over 347,944 people. Takatsuki also forms part of the wider Ōsaka Prefecture which has a population of over 8,823,358 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Takatsuki has links with:
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🇯🇵 Nagaokakyō 135.694,34.92 d: 10.2
🇯🇵 Kadoma 135.583,34.733 d: 13.1
🇯🇵 Keihanshin 135.5,34.833 d: 11.8
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